Chapter 4: The Training Begins
Lighting streaked down the dark and starless sky, like an earthquake erupting in the heavens. Rain continued to fall down from the gray storm clouds that had gathered overhead. The streets of Moscow were flooded and deserted, only one lonely figure walked the dark streets. A teenaged boy in a black coat, with crimson eyes and two toned blue hair, down the dark road he continued, Kai soon turned left and stood looking at a large gray building. A tall black fence surrendered the land, which the building occupied, at the front was a large gate that lead to a path, the path ended at large brown double oak doors. 'I will never return to this Abby, no matter what Boris or my Grandfather think' Kai thought to himself, he turned on his heels and left without looking back. If he had looked back he might have noticed the black shadowed figure that stood near by watching him.
Kai walked down to a near by river, where he stood on a bridge watching the water, the storm had lifted a little, the lighting and thunder had stooped, and the rain now only fell lighting to the ground below. A full moon shone through the clouds, bathing Moscow in the moonlight. As Kai watched the water the moonlight danced across the still smooth surface of the river, making it glitter and shine. The black figure had followed Kai, and stood only a few meters away behind a tree. Kai sighed as he closed his eyes. At the sudden snap of a stick, Kai immediately shot open his eyes, he looked around him but saw no one, Kai decided it was time to go, he set off at a ran. Instead of heading straight to the hotel, Kai decided to weave in and around ally ways and other streets, taking the long way to the hotel just in case he was being followed.
It was midnight before the door to the Bladebreakers hotel room was opened, and in walked a teenaged boy with blue hair and crimson eyes. Kai quietly closed the door as he stepped in. He dumped his coat on the couch before heading to the bedroom which he shared with Ray. Making sure not to wake Ray, Kai undid his scarf, took of his arm guards, slipped off his shoes and changed into a white t-shirt and silk black boxer shorts. Putting all his things into his bag he quietly got under the covers of his bed and was soon over come by sleep.
The next morning Kai awoke at around 5 o'clock in the morning. When he got up he went straight to the balcony, he stood and watched the sun rise up over the horizon. The sky was coloured in many shades of red, yellow, orange and a slight tinge of pink. Kai closed his eyes as he breathed in the fresh morning air, as it ruffled his slate hair. Kai stood on the balcony for about an hour. When he entered the hotel room he went and sat down at the kitchen table, he leaned back in his chair crossed his arms and closed his eyes, there he sat deep in thought about the tournament finals, and the training schedule he was planning on giving the Bladebreakers today. Finally after 30 minutes the door to one of the bedrooms opened and out stepped Ray wearing a gray shirt and long dark blue track pants. He rubbed the sleep out his eyes and then yawned. He blinked a few times when he noticed Kai sitting at the table, arms folded and those dark crimson eyes looking straight at him, it was almost like Kai could see right into Rays soul, and read him like an open book. Ray felt a little nervous under Kais gaze, his nervousness didn't last long because soon after Kai saw Ray he looked away, to stare out one of the hotel windows. Ray walked forward and said "Good morning Kai" in a very cheerful voice. But Kai only responded with a "Hmhp".
"So…where did you go last night Kai, we were kind of worried about you" asked Ray as he put some bread in the toaster. There was no response, so Ray tried again to start a conversion "What time did you get back last night" again no response, Ray just sighed, he new that Kai wouldn't answer any question that he might ask. After a few minutes the toast popped up, which Ray buttered. Then Ray sat down and offered Kai some toast, which he refused. At 7 o'clock Kenny and Max walked out the bedroom that they shared with Tyson. Max wore a green t-shirt and white boxes. Kenny wore a light blue shirt and gray track pants. Max greeted Ray and Kai with a happy and cheerful "Good morning" and Kenny said "Morning" with a smile on his face. Ray responded with "Good morning guys sleep well"
"Sure did," answered Max as he went over to get out the cereal. Kai of course didn't show any signs of hearing them at all. Max pored himself and Kenny a bowl of cereal each.
Kenny, Max and Ray all sat eating their breakfast and talking about beyblades, After a few minutes Kai got up and walked into the room that Max and Kenny shared with Tyson. As Kai walked to the room the other three watched him closely all wondering what Kai was planning to do, "I bet he's probably gone to wake Tyson," suggest Max,
"Do you think that we should stop him, I mean Kai can be pretty brutal sometimes?" asked Ray,
"We probably should but then again it saves us the hassle of trying to wake Tyson," concluded Kenny,
"Yeah I guess so," said Max before he went back to eating.
In the bedroom Kai had just walked in. He looked around the room and found three single beds, the two on the right had already been made, but the bed on the left was the one he wanted, Kai smirked as he saw Tyson sprawled out on the bed, his legs were tangled in the sheets, his arms were stretched out at either side with one hand hanging over the edge and his pillow lay on the floor beside his bed, Tyson wore a yellow shirt and red boxes, Kai also noticed a small wet patch near Tyson head, 'He must drool at night' Kai thought to himself as he shook his head in disbelief. "Hey that's my cheese burger" Tyson grumbled in his sleep before going back to his loud snoring, obviously he was dreaming about food, as always. Kai walked to the left side of Tyson's bed, Kai firmly grasped a bunch of sheet and pulled back. The sheet was pulled off the bed and took Tyson's legs with it, a loud 'THUD' was made when Tyson's body hit the floor. Unfortunately for Kai this didn't really faze Tyson as he continued to snore. Kai bent down and placed a hand around Tyson's right ankle. With ease Kai lifted Tyson off the ground, his head only inches from the floor. With some force Kai threw Tyson against the wall, Tyson instantly yelled "AHH, what's happing! I…I…uh", Tyson lay with his back against the wall, and legs above his head, it sort of looked like Tyson attempted a handstand but failed miserably. "What was that for!" yelled Tyson.
"I had to wake you up some how" was Kai's response. Tyson pulled his legs down and sat on the floor looking up at Kai. Tyson let out a long yawn, his eyes started to get heavy again, Tyson had almost fallen asleep again when Kai grabbed the back of his shirt and lifted him off the floor. Tyson's legs dangled below him slightly bent at the knees and his arms lay limp by his sides. Kai was getting very angry. "TYSON, WAKE UP!" Kai yelled right in Tyson's ear. "AHHHH, KAI" Tyson yelled back, Kai just closed his eyes and let go of Tyson shirt, Tyson fell to the floor with another 'thud'. "Oww" Tyson wined in pain.
"Now get changed, we start training in 30 minutes" said Kai as he stepped over Tyson's body and headed to the door.
"Aww man, do we have to train, I'm still tied" wined Tyson again.
Kai turned back to Tyson and shot him a dead glare.
"All right, alright no need to get angry" Tyson said while putting both hand up in a show of defense.
"But do you think I could perhaps get another 5 minutes of sleep" asked Tyson hopeful, and a cheesy grin on his face. Kai growl and stepped towards Tyson, his fist clenched ready to punch the navy haired teen. Tyson realized what was about to happen, he quickly jumped up and ran past Kai to the door. "Alright I'm up, just don't hurt me" Tyson yelled in fear as he opened the door and ran out into the main part of the hotel room.
Back out in the kitchen the others had heard what was going on in the bedroom. Every time they heard a thud they would flinch, knowing that Kai was doing something painful to Tyson in his attempted to wake the younger boy. They then saw Tyson come running out the bedroom screaming.
"I swear he's insane," Tyson said as he stood trying to catch his breath. The others could only laugh.
"Hey is that food I smell," asked Tyson waking over to the table,
"Tyson!" yelled a pissed off voice from behind him.
"I didn't do anything!" Tyson shouted thinking that Kai was telling him off for something.
"Just hurry up and finish eating, we start training in 10 minutes," Kai told them,
"10 minutes, but before you said 30" asked a confused Tyson,
"I changed my mind" said Kai as he turned on his heels and walked to his room.
3 minutes later Kai came out wearing his usual black tank top, blue cargo pants, white scarp and red arm guards. Kai leant against the wall as he waited for the other to finish eating breakfast and then go get changed.
By 7:30 am they were all down at a nearby park to start training.
"To start off you will all run 50 laps around the park" ordered Kai looking at the three Bladebreakers that stood in front of him, while Kenny sat against a nearby tree with Dizzi on his lap.
"Oh man, that'll take forever," whined Tyson, not liking the idea of having to run laps.
" Not if you start now, so get going" yelled Kai as Max, Ray and Tyson took off to run laps, after they had completed about one lap each Kai set off to run laps as well.
"Come on Tyson, pick up the pace" yelled Kai as he once again lapped Tyson.
"All this running is to hard" wined Tyson for about the fiftieth time "and I'm hungry" added Tyson as he heard his stomach starting to growl.
"Well the faster you run the quicker you'll finish your laps, and then less time out here" yelled Kai from across the park.
"Easy for you to say" mumbled Tyson, Ray just laughed as he too lapped Tyson.
After about one hour of running Ray had completed 50 laps and Max had done about 40. Tyson was still only on his fifteenth lap.
"Come on Tyson, Rays already finished and Max only has ten more to go" said Kai in a harsh voice as he ran past Tyson, slowing down to talk to him and then speeding up again.
"Hey if they're finished and I'm only on 15 then how come you're still running ha, how many you done, 10" Tyson said thinking he was somewhat smart
"92" Kai said coolly "and I'm still running because I'm waiting for you to finish so we can get on with the next exercise" he added.
Finally after another hour Tyson had completed the 50 laps.
"All right now you three 50 push-ups, then 50 sit-ups" ordered Kai as he too got onto the floor to start his push-ups.
"Oh man, what're you trying to do, kill me" wined Tyson again, he hated doing any kind of exercise.
"Don't give me ideas," Kai mumbled under his breath, at hearing this Ray could only laugh, much to the confusion of Max and Tyson. Kai then sighed, "It's not going to kill you Tyson, it's called training, where doing this so you can get stronger and better and blading"
"Hows this suppose to make us better at blading, we haven't even used our blades yet" asked Tyson as he continue with his push-ups
"A bit beasts feeds off the strength of the blader, so you become stronger you then have more to give to your bit beast, helping it in battle" explained Kai
"But what…" Kai cut off Tyson
"Just shut up and continue with the exercise" yelled Kai, sounding a little pissed off about all the questions.
"Some one woke up on the wrong side of the bed," mumbled Tyson to himself.
Ray again was the first to finish the push-ups and turned on to his back to start sit-ups, Max followed soon after, Kai once again waited till Tyson finished before he turned on his back to start sit-ups.
So after about 30 minutes Kai, Max and Ray all had finished their sit-ups and were waiting for Tyson.
"Come on, can't you go any faster" asked Kai, like it was normal for people to get through 50 sit-ups in about 1 minute, which was about how long it took him.
"Oh Kai, give the poor guy a break" said Kenny from were he sat against a tree
"Yeah were not all as skilled as you," added Max, as he watched his best friend struggle to complete his thirty-second sit-up.
"Hmhp" was Kai's response
20 minutes later
"There finished, hey can we go have lunch I'm starving" asked Tyson
"Yeah Kai were not machines" added Max
"Fine" Kai sighed.
The Bladebreakers soon made there way into a café, they all sat down at one of the nearer tables. "What can I get you young men?" asked a waitress who had shoulder length brown hair and matching brown eyes.
"Umm I'll have two cheese burgers, one hotdog, a large order of fries and a large chocolate thick shake thanks," said Tyson as he scrolled down the menu. Max then ordered "A sausage roll and a medium strawberry milkshake please", the waitress turned to Ray "large fries and a large chocolate milkshake", "I'll just have a ham sandwich and a glass of water please" said the Chief as he put down his menu "and you sir" she asked looking at Kai "I'm not having anything"
"Oh ok then, well your food and drinks will be hear soon" the waitress turned on her heels and left for the kitchen.
"Why aren't you having anything Kai," asked Max
"Not hungry" was his response
"Not hungry, how can you not be hungry, you haven't eaten anything in the last two days" said Tyson with a frown
"Yeah Kai you should eat, it's not healthy to go such a long time without food" said Kenny as he opened up Dizzi.
"Hmhp" was Kais response, he just leaned back in his chair closed his eyes and crossed his arms.
After they had eaten lunch the Bladebreakers went back to the park, to have a few beyblade battles.
"We'll guys tomorrow the championship starts" said Kenny as he was analysing the battles.
"Yep and were gonna win!" yelled Tyson as he punched the air with his fist. As he did this Max took the opportunity to knock Dragoon out the battle.
"Haha I win" Max happily cheered
"Wha, hey no fair" complained Tyson.
"Sorry Tyson, but you should have been watching," said Max as he picked up Dragoon and handed it to Tyson.
"Hehe, wanna go again" asked Tyson with a cheesy grin.
"I'll take that challenge," said Kai as Dranzer's blade flew back up into Kai's palm after just beating Ray.
"Oh sure" Tyson was a little stunned but he attached Dragoon to his launcher and took up his stance in front of the dish. Kai did the same
"Ready 3…2…1…LET IT RIP!" Max yelled, deciding he wanted to do the commentary. Tyson and Kai both smoothly launched their blades into the dish. Dranzer and Dragoon circled each other waiting for their masters to give them an order. Kai quickly yelled to Dranzer "Dranzer finish him. FIRE ARROW".
The majestic firebird rose from her bit chip and screeched loudly already declaring her victory over the blue dragon. Kai's blue blade was engulfed in flames as Dranzer powered up and then charged at the other blade.
"Ah Dragoon dodge it" yelled Tyson, but it was too late, the white blade was already flying threw the air, and then landed with a crash on the ground just behind Tyson.
Kai out stretched his arm as the flames died down and the blue blade flew back to its master.
"Oh man, I lost" wined Tyson as he bent down to pick up his blade.
"Well that was fast," said Dizzi from where she sat on Kenny's lap
"I reckon," said Max "I guess all the training that Kai does pays off huh" Max added
Kai only responded with an "Hmhp"
"It's getting late we should head back, don't wanna be late for the tournament tomorrow hey" Ray suggested
"Yeah come on lets go," said Max as he turned to head back to the hotel
"Is that ok with you, almighty Kai" Tyson said sarcastically as he turn to look at his leader.
"Hmhp" was Kai's response
"Well let's go then" smile Tyson as he set off after Max, soon followed by Kenny and Ray with Kai lingering at the back.
That night they ordered Pizza for dinner. The delivery boy soon arrived carrying three pizzas, one for Tyson and Two for Max, Ray, Kenny and Kai to share.
"Haha alright I love pizza" cheered Tyson as he opened one of the boxes,
"Well guys dig in," Ray said as they all sat round the table to eat, but one seat was empty.
"Huh, hey guys where's Kai" asked Ray looking around the room
"He might be in one of the other rooms," suggested Max
"I'll go see," said Ray as he got up and walked to one of the bedrooms
When Ray opened the door he found Kai laying on his bed, he lay on his back with one arm behind his head and the other holding Dranzer's blade in front of his face. Kai took no notice of Ray as he slowly walked towards his bed.
"Hey why don't you come out and have some pizza," offered Ray
"I'm …" Kai got cut off
"Don't say you're not hungry, Kai you haven't eaten since you got back from the Abby, is there something wrong" asked Ray while looking a little sad.
"I'm fine, the only thing that's wrong right now is you, so get lost," said Kai in a cold and harsh voice.
Ray just sighed and left the older teen to be alone.
"So is he there" asked Kenny when he saw Ray emerge from the bedroom
"Yeah, but you know he just wants to be left alone" Ray said in a sad voice as he walked back over to the table.
"I don't know what's up with that guy, we try to be his friend but he always pushes us away" said Tyson angrily.
"I know but you got to remember what he's been through, just think how you would act living in that Abby" Kenny reminded them.
"Oh, that's right," said Max looking down at the table in sorrow
"Come on guys forget about the sourpuss for now, we've got the tournament to think about" piped up Tyson not liking the silence that had fallen open them.
"Yeah the tournament, I can't wait," cheered Max, they all continued eating their pizza and talking about what they thought tomorrow's tournament would be like.
Later that night the hotel room was pitch black and the only sound that could be heard was the loud snoring of Tyson.